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Spatula with rounded metal blade and wooden handle, paint evident on object. No label.

Mistura Antifebrifuge, labelled by Sir Stuart Threipland in his medicine chest as ‘Mis. Antifeb’. Mistura antifebrifuge was a mixture effective against fevers which often worked by reducing the body temperature. It is unclear which ingredients…

A small cylindrical medicine vial with screw top lid labelled ‘Nitro-Glycerin Comp.’. The vial is filled with a number of greyish pills that, according to the label, consist of Nitro-Glycerin 1-100 gr., Tr. Digitalis 2 min., Tr. Strophanthus 2…

A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Nux Vomica, prepared by a homeopathic chemist Joseph James, Promenade Place, Cheltenham, who had worked for Arthur Guinness M.D. and undertook the company and changed the name to Joseph James…

Oil on canvas, 120 x 115 cm

This work was painted in the 1990s and, like the artist's other abstract or semi-abstract works, draws inspiration from his interpretation of the Scottish landscape.

Artist: Philip G. Duthie

Oil on canvas, 96 x 122 cm

This, like the artist's other abstract or semi-abstract works, draws inspiration from his interpretation of the Scottish landscape.

Artist: Philip G. Duthie

Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 66 cm

From the history of the Royal Infirmary published in 1937 we are told that in 1763 at the conclusion of the Seven Years' War with the Peace of Paris many soldiers were disbanded from the army and those falling sick…

Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 66 cm

Alexander Dick was the third son of Sir William Cunningham of Caprington, Ayrshire, and Janet, only child of Sir James Dick of Prestonfield, Edinburgh. He studied medicine in Edinburgh and Leyden, obtaining a MD from…

Oil on canvas, 94 x 73.6 cm

Alexander H. Freeland Barbour was born in Edinburgh, the youngest son of G. F. Barbour of Bonskeid, Perthshire. He was educated at Edinburgh, where he obtained an MA in 1875, BSc in 1877, MB (Hons) in 1879 and MD…

Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 66 cm

Born in Bailie Fyfe's Close, High Street, Edinburgh, Alexander Morison was the son of a lawyer. He was educated at Edinburgh's High School and then apprenticed to Dr Alexander Wood at the age of 15. He graduated with…